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Farmall No.420-G
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Cultivator
FORTY acres is an easy day's work
with one of these Farmall No. 420-G
cultivators even in first cultivation,
and in later cultivations most users will
cover 60 acres in a day. For one man
that's quite a lot of work out of the way.
It is a big cultivator adapted to work
either in level or bedded crops. It takes
only a few minutes to attach it to the
tractor or to remove it.
The front gangs are of the parallel-lift type; regardless
of the depth to which you set the shovels they are
always at the correct working angle. In the raised
position the gangs are level, too, and with unusual
clearance. The front gangs are attached to a heavy
square steel pipe which extends across the front of the
tractor frame close to the tractor. This pipe is trussed
in front and above, the construction being extra sturdy,
Illust. 94. The Farmall No. 420-G four-row cultivator, singlepower-lift
type. for F-20 and F-30 tractors. It can be variously
equipped to meet the requirements of the different sections.
Illust. 93. Mr. E. R. Shaw, whose farm is near Oneida, Ill.,
raises large acreages of corn and soybeans. The corn is cultivated
with the No. 420-G cultivator, the beans with the No.
624-G. He is quite enthusiastic about both cultivators.
yet not so heavy as to place too much weight on the
front wheels of the tractor.
The 420-G is a power-lift cultivator, so it is necessary
that the tractor be equipped with power-lift
attachment. The power-lift cultivator can be either
single or double lift. In
the single lift the front
and rear gangs are raised
as a unit. In the double
lift the front gangs are
raised first and the rear
gangs left in to cultivate
to the point where the
front gangs came out.
The greater number of
these cultivators go out
with the equipment shown
in Illust. 94; that is
with 12 spring-trips and
6 gauge wheels and shields
in front and 7 spring-trips
on the rear. The shovel
equipment can be whatever
you want. In some
places they take 7 spring
teeth on the rear and 2
extra gauge wheels on the
front section. Spring-tooth attachments can be
supplied for the front. Gauge shoes can be supplied
in place of gauge wheels.
Every adjustment necessary to do first-class
work under varying conditions is provided—and
all are simple and easy to make. The 420-G is
a strictly modern cultivator in every respect. It
is just as easy to handle as smaller tractor cultivators,
the only difference being that when a
four-row cultivator is used it is necessary that
the crop be planted with a four-row planter so
that the operator needs to watch only one row at
a time. The man who grows large acreages of
corn or cotton should see this cultivator in the
McCormick-Deering dealer's store.
Illust. 95. Down in the Illinois river bottom in Fulton
County corn grows about as lush as you will find
it anywhere. Here you see the Farmall 30 with the
420-G cultivator doing a first-class job.